Muddy Streets

(a quick Ash Wednesday reflection while I inhale my lunch)

I only realized yesterday that today was Ash Wednesday, and the moment after I connected the dots, I grabbed City of God off my bookshelf and tossed it on my bed, where I promised myself I’d read it after the day was buttoned up and tucked in.

I had miles to go in between.

I made my first-ever Chinese casserole (I had high hopes but it only landed in the …